Add Take Ownership Option in Right Click Context Menu of Windows 7
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We have written guide on How to take ownership and grant permission in windows 7 which explains how to do it manually. But I am sure most of the users won’t be happy with manual method considering amount of time and clicks it takes to perform the task of changing ownership of files/folders or objects in windows 7.
What if you can have Take Ownership option straight under your right click context menu ? Don’t you think it will be faster and easier to change ownership? If answer is yes then here is method to get Take Ownership option under to right click menu.
Add “Take Ownership” Option in Right Click Context Menu
2. Above zip file contains two reg (registry) files InstallTakeOwnership.reg and RemoveTakeOwnership.reg.
3. Double Click on InstallTakeOwnership.reg to install Take Ownership option in context menu
Screenshot of Take Ownership Option in Right Click Context Menu
In order to remove Take Ownership option double click on RemoveTakeOwnership.reg.
Reader Comments
Thank you very much! It really helps!
Fantastic!!!
This helped so much thank you!
It didn’t work for me. It installed correctly and the registry values have been added, but it doesn’t appear in my context menu, even after restarting my computer. Is there anything else I should try?
Finally,Thank you so very much it worked great.
hi; how long does it take, i’m working on C/Users/Keith, because in it i have the App. Data folders that arer locked for me
wow…amazing thank alot
OMG!! Thank you! This helped my delete old files while going from Vista to Windows 7!!
Excellent, thanks very much. This problem has been bugging me for ages and this little program certainly seemed to do the trick.
Thank you very much! I spent hours with no success, until I found these great tips. Super-easy to change permission to folders now…jiii-ha!
Perfect- exactly what I needed to run some statistical and bibliography software- thanks a ton!!!!
MANY thanks!!! Couldn’t get rid of some old BlackBerry files, and this did the trick! Now I can keep things much more tidy. :-)
A life saver! Thanks!